The New South Wales Local Government Cultural Awards celebrate council cultural success. Project submissions have closed. Voting for the People's Choice Award closes at midnight 12 April 2010.

Featured Projects

  • Mawang

    Blue Hands

    Mawang was a three month festival of events involving a partnership between the community and Council ‘s Cultural facilities - Wagga Wagga Library, Civic Theatre, Museum of the Riverina and Wagga Wagga…

  • Auburn Living Library goes to Oberon!

    A collage of photos taken at the Oberon Living Library event on the 25th of September 2009, plus promotional material.

    In the first collaboration of its kind, seven Living Books from Auburn Library traveled to Oberon in the Blue Mountains on the 25th September 2009. A Living Library program has successfully operated in…

  • 5 Lands Walk 2009

    The Five Lands Walk 2009 Land Art was designed by local Aboriginal artist Kevin Duncan and Filipino artist Alfredo Roces. The work was created by the artists and members of the community on The Skillion, Terrigal, in the lead up to the Five Lands Walk. The artists explain their work and collaboration; "Working on the traditional concept of the bird as a messenger with the fish as bearer of this message, I have expressed the sari-manok’s message to the 5 lands walk and the people of Gosford inside the fish motif. The black, red and white hearts symbolise the diverse peoples of Mankind and of course,—love. It is a call for a fraternal spirit among all peoples of this world, for love and good will to all races on this one earth....It is a great honour and privilege to work with Aboriginal artist Kevin Duncan (with his image of Gurrea ,the rainbow serpent) while also representing the Filipino community with this sari manok artwork". Alfredo Roces (2009). "Gurrea the Rainbow Serpent in Aboriginal legend represents the creation of Mother Earth. Bayami the Creator had awoken Gurrea from the depths of Mother Earth. Gurrea travelled across the land creating the mountains, the rivers, the waterholes and the oceans. Gurrea's essence is the water - meaning purity. Her feminine spirit nurtures and represents birth and re-birth. Alfredo Roces Sari Manok and his traditional Filipino interpretation of the mythical bird being a messenger of the Gods inspired my traditional Aboriginal interpretation of Gurrea, the Rainbow Serpent. She too is regarded as a mythical creature and messenger in Aboriginal Lore and Creation. There are many connections between the Indigenous Filipino deity and Aboriginal deity in the spirit world as Bathala and Bayami - both Gods - being responsible for the interaction with the Sari Manok and Gurrea in the creation of man and woman. The red represents the blood of the Earth, the yellow represents the sun (the giver of life) and the white is the spirit". Kevin Duncan (2009).

    The Five Lands Walk was developed by Gosford City Council with community organisations and local Aboriginal people in 2006. The winter season was chosen to coincide with the northern migration of the…

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Featured Videos

  • Archeology excavation
  • VTS 01 1
  • Catapult Festival 2009 Gala Night - Scooby Diabolo
  • Beware ...
  • catapult.flv
  • Nicole Interview.mov
  • What I Think About When I Think About Dancing - Mitch Cairns & Toby Martin
  • James Jones and the Living Dead
  • WindowstotheWorld.VOB
  • B Who U Want 2 B / second half
  • B Who U Want 2 B / first half
  • dosdemo_1.flv
  • What I Think When I Think About Dancing - Rosie Dennis, Loving You in Public 2009

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Featured Photos

  • Christmas Movie In The Park
  • Emma Mayner and her children
  • Local community members meeting at Artwork site for additional workshops.
  • Image of local community children participating in Ramadan Eid-card making.
  • This a picture of Richard Campbell our local artist that painied our 6mtr Cross that was erected in the Cemetery.
  • Participants sharing memories and stories at the Next in Line Memoir Writing Sessions
  • The giant Reading the Rivers art work is unveiled by representatives of the seventeen participating schools on the Grand Parade Day in September 2009.
  • One of the participants in the project meets Max from 'Where the Wild Things Are'
  • Portrait of Mary Mamour, project participant. Photographer ; Marian Abboud
  • The Mayor of Campbelltown being presented with a piece of Coonamble Art by the Mayor of Coonamble
  • Reverse side feauring Stuart Musialik in action in the Rosebuds colours. The artwork is a natural fit in the oval setting.
  • The library staff selects books for each participant based on the interest profile given by the centres.
  • "Camoufleur" : Artist - Regina Walter, at Milperra Bridge Camoufleur derives from the historical material of camouflage defence by artists working at Bankstown airport during WW11. Artists such as Max Dupain and Frank Hinder were among the Sydney Camouflage Group, led by Zoologist William Dakin. Their experiments proved to be ingenious methods of disguise, decoy and deception. Adapting Roy Lichtenstein's illusion house series, this work recreates a disguised airplane hangar. The work echoes the Camouflage Group's optical trickery, using similar elements of deception, and is reminiscent of a 1940's style home in black and white

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The Blog

  • Speech through Song

    8 March, 2010

    Stroke patients regain the power of speech through singing (Guardian)...

  • Ben Eltham on Oz Co Research

    4 March, 2010

    I think Ben's hit the nail here: we've got to advance our definition of "the arts"...

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  • Local Government Association of NSW, Shires Association of NSW

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